Penelope Cruz "can't wait" for her feet to start bleeding on the set of her new movie.
Javier Bardem (L) and Penelope Cruz in a scene of US director Woody Allen's film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'. The movie will be premiered in Spain on 19 September 2008. EPA/MEDIAPRO AND GRAVIER / HO
The Spanish actress, who studied classical ballet for 10 years, was thrilled to land a role in musical Nine' as it will allow her to spend hours dancing.
She said: "I can't wait to start - I am so excited. It will be hours of dancing, hours of singing and I can't wait to have my feet bleeding again, like when I was a dancer, because I know that feeling."
Penelope also revealed learning to speak English when she was 19 was "painful" and is still trying to grasp the language.
The 34-year-old beauty said: "I wanted to be able to work in other places, not just in my country, so I learned English late and when I was 23 I got my first movie in English, 'Hi-Lo Country' with Stephen Frears, and I learned my lines phonetically.
"I didn't have any command of the language and it was very painful because I didn't know what people were saying. It was very frustrating and that pushed me to spend time studying.
"I'm happy that nobody complains about my accent any more and I worked hard for that and I am still working on it."
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